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- - crumble
  - crumbly
  - crumbs
  - crumby
  - crumhorn
  - crummy
  - crump
  - crumpet
  - crumple
  - crumple zone
  - crunch
  - crunchy
  - crunk
  - crupper
  - crural
  - crus
  - crusade
  - cruse
  - crush
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crumpling

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
crumple/ˈkrʌmpl/

▶verb

1 crush or become crushed so as to be creased and wrinkled.

2 suddenly lose force, effectiveness, or composure.

▶noun a crease or wrinkle.

– derivatives
crumply adjective.

– origin ME: from obs. crump ‘make or become curved’, from OE crump ‘bent, crooked’, of W. Gmc origin.

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